By Frank Raj
WHAT is the meaning and the reality of freedom?
Have you understood it or obtained any wisdom?
Know or heard of a realm called God’s kingdom?
A secret domain, it’s thought about quite seldom
CITIZENSHIP there doesn’t make you a traitor
To family or country, that’s hardly the matter
It’s a unique dominion devised by the Creator
A place to equip you with new spiritual vigour
FROM which bondage do you want to be free?
Do you want true freedom and responsibility?
Or are you unwilling, not open to the possibility?
If you are ready to be reborn, ask about eligibility
IDEOLOGICAL chaos is so widespread today
Turmoil seems guaranteed to increase in our day
Is genuine civil unrest permitted any fair play?
Pride, inhumanity, and wars point to a doomsday
RELIGION unmistakably increases its stranglehold
Millions seem powerless to let go of their blindfold
Worshipping idols — of flesh, stone, silver, pure gold
Believing in rituals, traditions, dogmas we’ve been sold
WE are not free to think when we’re bound by any creed
Controlling society, family, forcing individuals to concede
Vital, too is freedom from pride, lust, anger, lies, our greed
That’s why Resurrection in God’s dominion we really need
CONTRASTING the Matrix, God’s kingdom is not simulated
Two real dimensions — physical and spiritual God has created
We are born and raised in one, but the other must be…